Had a blast with this one. Michael Rooker gives Stallone a run for his money as a fellow mountain rescuer caught up in the gleefully evil John Lithgow’s plot to retrieve three suitcases full of cash dropped from an executive jet onto the rocky peaks below (in an awe-inspiring set piece of the kind they’d blandly previz in CGI today). Sly’s plugged into the ‘climber with a crisis of confidence’ role for the star power, but the film’s got its own energy to spare, not to mention some stunning matte paintings and composites that more than make up for some mildly ropey miniature work. ★★★½
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